This is going to sound sexist, but I attend a lot of conferences and it always disillusions me when I see stands filled with attractive women whose main purpose seems to be gaining the attention of the opposite sex for […]
Author: Jenny
The bank that hires graduates using human beings
If you’re struggling with the lack of human interaction when you’re applying for graduate banking jobs that use Pymetrics tests and Hirevue interviews for the initial screening stages, a reprieve is at hand. Mizuho International, the Japanese investment bank in London, is sticking with human interviewers […]
Questions you will always encounter in an M&A interview. And how to answer them
2020 has been a tough year for mergers and acquisitions bankers, as Covid 19 has put deals on hold and travel bans have confined rainmakers to peddle their charm to clients on endless Zoom calls, rather than taking them to the […]
Moment of truth delayed for banks’ virtual interns
After several happy weeks sitting in front of computer screens at home, crunch time is approaching for banks’ virtual interns. At Goldman Sachs and elsewhere, internships finish this week. It will soon be apparent whether people are actually getting offers to return next […]
The truth about salaries and bonuses at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank has become better known for redundancies rather than recruitment over the past 12 months. After a pause due to the coronavirus, the firm is now pressing ahead with the 18,000 global layoffs that it announced last August. In Asia, however, […]
If you don’t play politics in a bank during this pandemic, you won’t survive
Just because no one has visited the zoo in quite some time, it does not mean that wild animals no longer exist. Similarly, just because you are no longer physically in the office, do not assume that all the political […]
Redevenir un fœtus grâce à la thérapie japonaise d’emmaillotage
Le Japon ne manque pas de traitements de bien-être traditionnels et novateurs que les occidentaux non initiés regardent d’un mauvais œil. Certains ont même des réactions viscérales face à l’otonamaki qui est une forme relativement nouvelle de thérapie physique et […]
Saving 70% of my salary: bankers on life in lockdown
When bonuses are awarded for 2020, it seems almost inevitable that they will be substantially lower than in 2019 – despite the misplaced excitement of some traders. Once, this would have induced shrieks of rage. It may still, but the reality is that COVID-19 […]
Les stages en banque à Paris sont les plus durs
Si vous êtes stagiaire dans une banque en 2020, j’espère pour vous que ce n’est pas à Paris. Moi qui ai travaillé dans plusieurs banques des deux côtés de l’Atlantique, je peux vous dire que les stages à Paris sont […]
70 % des salariés méconnaissent les soft skills et s’en méfient
Si les cadres et les RH connaissent bien les soft skills, cela ne semble pas être le cas de leurs collaborateurs. 70 % des salariés méconnaissent ainsi les compétences comportementales, et craignent des dérives si elles étaient utilisées pour les […]